The story follows Lady Bag as she emerges from prison, joyfully reuniting with her friends and her cherished greyhound, Electra. This reunion highlights themes of friendship and loyalty, setting the stage for Lady Bag's new journey as she navigates life outside of confinement.
Innovative and cutting-edge, this collection features Liza Cody's crime stories written between 2003 and 2021, showcasing her unique storytelling style. Among the tales, two are making their English debut, adding fresh perspectives to the genre.
"Borderland Apocrypha is centered around the collective histories of Mexican lynchings following the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, and the subsequent erasures, traumas, and state-sanctioned violences committed towards communities of color in the present day. Cody's debut collection responds to the destabilized, hostile landscapes and silenced histories via an experimental poetic that invents and shapeshifts in both form and space across the margin, the page, and the book's axis in a resistance, a reclamation and a re-occupation of what has been omitted. Part autohistoria, part docupoetic, part visual monument, part myth-making, Borderland Apocrypha exhumes the past in order to work toward survival, reckoning, and future- building"--
Hannah, a disgraced former cop, struggles to make ends meet as a burger-flipper in South London, where she’s notably bad at her job. However, her ambition to become a private investigator drives her to take on any case, no matter how small. As she navigates her new path, her determination and skills may reveal that there's more to her than meets the eye, setting the stage for intriguing investigations and personal growth.
While training for the British women's heavyweight wrestling championship, Eva Wylie gets a call for help from an old friend. A killer is stalking East End prostitutes and the police are dragging their feet. Agreeing to teach the girls self-defense, Eva has other plans to protect them--including giving a cold-blooded killer a dose of her special justice.
Seema, a passionate gardener and dreamer, enjoys a comfortable life with her best friend until a chance encounter with a captivating older man during a girls' night out changes everything. He introduces her to a realm of wealth and sophistication that challenges her perceptions and desires, pushing her to explore new possibilities beyond her safe existence.
A winner of the Silver Dagger Award. Eva cuts a swathe through London low-life. Big, ugly and irresistible, she's a female wrestler with criminal tendencies and large pectorals. When she's not working the sleazy wrestling circuit, she's a security guard living in a breaker's yard.
Street-smart, fast-talking British private eye Anna Lee becomes caught up in a case involving a mob-style execution and a drugged teenaged runaway. Reprint. <i>NYT. </i>
A year ago, Eva Wylie was the biggest, meanest, ugliest female wrestler to disgrace the ring. Her name was on posters. People recognized her on the street. But having been barred from the ring, she's back at the bottom, reduced to guarding rich people's cars and dreaming of yesterday's triumphs.
The 4th Classic Anna Lee MysteryA highly gifted child of chilly, creepy parents disappears. They hire Anna Lee to find her."Anna Lee is doubly unputdownable, by caustic yet tender temperament and as the hub of whirling good fictions." The Sunday Times"Liza Cody is one of our most inventive crime writers." Punch
